{"id":2030,"date":"2021-11-30T05:07:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T04:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2021\/11\/30\/facebooks-toxicity-rears-its-head-again-as-2022-elections-approach-msnbc\/"},"modified":"2021-11-30T05:07:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T04:07:39","slug":"facebooks-toxicity-rears-its-head-again-as-2022-elections-approach-msnbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2021\/11\/30\/facebooks-toxicity-rears-its-head-again-as-2022-elections-approach-msnbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook\u2019s toxicity rears its head again as 2022 elections approach &#8211; MSNBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cfbc967f0983488262956e73eca9483a\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3859091246952232\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- blok -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3859091246952232\" data-ad-slot=\"1334354390\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<p>Featured Shows<br \/>MSNBC TV<br \/>More<br \/>Follow msnbc<br \/>More Brands<br \/>More Shows<br \/>Evidence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/msnbc\/facebooks-latest-scandal-reminder-time-delete-accounts-rcna2143\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook\u2019s negative impact<\/a> on society is rearing its head yet again in the lead-up to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/opinion\/gop-redistricting-maps-will-gerrymander-democrats-out-house-n1284067\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 elections<\/a>.\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2021\/11\/21\/facebook-algorithm-biased-race\/\">A recent report from The Washington Post<\/a> found that Facebook\u2019s intentionally race-blind algorithms created to patrol hate speech have \u201caggressively\u201d removed content denigrating whites while allowing some hate speech \u2014 particularly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/the-reidout\/reidout-blog\/facebook-papers-trump-george-floyd-rcna3898\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-Black<\/a> posts \u2014 to remain on the platform.\u00a0<br \/>The report focuses heavily on Joel Kaplan, Facebook\u2019s vice president of global public policy. According to the Post, Kaplan, a Republican, helped block attempts to strengthen the platform\u2019s algorithm in ways that would lead to the removal of more hate speech from the site. Specifically, it said Kaplan and other senior executives watered down a proposal from company researchers to fix the algorithm so it would automatically remove hate speech that surveyed users deemed the \u201cworst of the worst.\u201d<br \/>Facebook announced plans to examine whether its platform treats Black users differently. Asked and answered, as far as I\u2019m concerned. <br \/>According to documents the Post received, company researchers \u201cdiscovered that 55 percent of the content users reported to Facebook as most harmful was directed at just four minority groups: Blacks, Muslims, the LGBTQ community and Jews.\u201d\u00a0<br \/>But when employees shared their findings and suggested the site\u2019s algorithm be adjusted to automatically remove hateful posts targeting those groups, Kaplan and other executives rejected the proposal, saying it exposed the company to criticism for not protecting all groups the same way. (Note: Facebook still would have been able to remove hate speech targeting other groups. The proposal dealt specifically with what content the algorithm would be programmed to move automatically).\u00a0<br \/>A Facebook spokesperson told the Post that Kaplan objected to the proposal because of the types of hate speech it would no longer automatically delete.<br \/>Instead of taking strong steps to hone in on and remove this offensive content, executives went with a one-size-fits-all approach to automatically removing hateful content. That meant adjusting the algorithm so it wouldn\u2019t remove posts denigrating white people so aggressively, but the Post said it also meant refusing to increase the algorithm\u2019s sensitivity to some denigrating language aimed at Black people and women.<br \/>Earlier this month, Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/11\/18\/1056916140\/facebook-to-study-black-users-experience\">announced<\/a> plans to examine whether its platform treats Black users differently.\u00a0<br \/>Asked and answered, as far as I\u2019m concerned. And I don\u2019t plan on waiting for its response to make my decision about spending less time on the site.<br \/><strong>Related posts:<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/the-reidout\/reidout-blog\/kyle-rittenhouse-acquitted-homicide-rcna5748?icid=relatedlinks-reidoutblogarticles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyle Rittenhouse trial was designed to protect white conservatives who kill<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/the-reidout\/reidout-blog\/unite-the-right-rally-verdict-charlottesville-rcna6537?icid=relatedlinks-reidoutblogarticles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In a mixed verdict, white nationalists forced to pay millions in Unite the Right case<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/the-reidout\/reidout-blog\/david-duke-donald-trump-tucker-carlson-rcna3413?icid=relatedlinks-reidoutblogarticles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ex-KKK leader David Duke takes credit for Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson<\/a><br \/><strong><em>Head over to\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/reidoutblog?icid=reidoutblogarticles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>The ReidOut Blog\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>for more.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Ja&rsquo;han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer. He&rsquo;s a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. His previous projects include \u00ab\u00a0Black Hair Defined\u00a0\u00bb and the \u00ab\u00a0Black Obituary Project.\u00a0\u00bb<br \/>&copy;&nbsp;2021 NBC UNIVERSAL<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/the-reidout\/reidout-blog\/facebook-algorithms-2022-elections-rcna6680\">source<\/a><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured ShowsMSNBC TVMoreFollow msnbcMore BrandsMore ShowsEvidence of Facebook\u2019s negative impact on society is rearing its head yet again in the lead-up to the 2022 elections.\u00a0A recent report from The Washington Post found that Facebook\u2019s intentionally race-blind algorithms created to patrol hate speech have \u201caggressively\u201d removed content denigrating whites while allowing some hate speech \u2014 particularly, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow1sXXCw:productID":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}